Quick Transmigration: Always Just a Passerby

Chapter 73 The Little Maid of the Marquis's Mansion 3

In fact, the gossip hasn't decreased; it's just been artificially shifted...

A cold wind whistled outside the window. Chunping and Chunxiao, wearing winter coats issued by the mansion, sat shivering beside the charcoal brazier.

Spring Dawn is truly trembling, Spring Screen is just pretending to tremble.

With nothing else to do, the two little girls began to learn to read under Chunping's deliberate guidance.

The progress seems a bit slow, but they have learned their own names and a few common words on the sand table.

Chunxiao's parents thought their daughter was going to make progress, so they went to the study to buy the Thousand Character Classic to teach her.

After all, how can you work under the head steward if you can't read a single word?

But there were too many words in the book, and even he, as the father, couldn't recognize them all.

In order not to embarrass themselves in front of their daughter, they had to ask others for advice first.

In order to treat everyone equally, I have to teach my eldest daughter again when she comes back.

By the time the thousand-character classic was finished, the young lady had been staying in the mansion for three years and was unwilling to change her job.

Chunping, who was in the side courtyard with her daughter, didn't seem to be planning to change jobs.

This is truly bizarre.

As a result, Chunxiao made a surprising remark from the side.

"Father! Mother! I heard that the heir of the Marquis of Xuanping's mansion is keeping a mistress. Is that true?"

She remembered to lower her voice as she spoke.

Chunxiao's father pretended to be calm, then glanced at the child's mother.

"Keep your voice down, keep your voice down."

"Whether it's true or not, even if you know, you're not allowed to say it. These are important matters, not for us to discuss."

"All right…"

Why is this child so good at listening to gossip among important people? We can't keep her in check all the time.

I feel like I'm going to go bald from thinking so much.

There are still differences between humans and dogs.

Winter came when Chunping's father remembered his daughter. He had even eavesdropped when the slave trader boasted about her.

He felt he was losing out, thinking that if he had brought people into the city, he could have exchanged for more silver.

Anyway, this guy was dishonest. He took out his savings and went to the county to buy meat and wine, hoping to find a slave trader to get some information out of him.

It would be best to find out which household the little maid is in.

When the time comes, he can just cry and make a scene, and he won't have to worry about not having enough money to get married.

After all, without her father, where would she be?

The system detected the abnormal behavior of the original owner's father.

Chunping, however, thought it was perfectly normal; this man probably regretted not having had two more daughters to make money.

Not wanting to see this person court death, and since Xiao Yi, a worker at the Marquis's mansion, was also free, he sent someone to knock out the original owner's father and sell him to a miner.

It wouldn't be a complete waste of his good intentions in exchanging the original owner for money.

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"Look what a wonderful thing this is!"

Chunxiao, with a mysterious expression, took out a censored version of "The Widow and Her Young Husband" from her bosom.

He then proudly showed off in front of his girlfriends.

She bought this with her own father's secret savings.

Chunping was speechless, and remarked to the system that Chunxiao's parents really doted on their child.

And yet, he didn't get beaten up.

However, only censored versions of this storybook can be bought outside. The original, uncut version will have to wait until Chunxiao comes of age before showing it to her.

It's a pity we couldn't bring the kids to the flower viewing party to see the handsome men dance...

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The sounds of string and bamboo instruments filled the air.

On this freezing day, Princess Mingzhu changed the flower-viewing banquet to a fragrance-appreciation event in a warm pavilion, and the program was changed again and again.

In any case, Su Mengying didn't miss a single game.

The young master is still alive and kicking. She has no intention of hiring him long-term. It's nice to come and see him whenever she wants.

My cousin will move the flower viewing party to the garden next year, and she can join in then, so she'll have something to do.

Lady Xuanping was also worried that her daughter-in-law coveted the power of managing the household, so she was happy to send her away.

The lady of the Marquis of Yong'an next door also owns several elegant residences.

But the men inside were all wrapped up too tightly, you couldn't even see their Adam's apples, so there was really nothing to see.

She had visited a few times when she was a ghost, but she still preferred to come to the princess's place.

Furthermore, Lady Yong'an and her mother-in-law have always been at odds, so there is absolutely no way she could go to the elegant residence.

Another day spent relaxing outside.

Lady Xuanping thought Su Mengying was trying to curry favor with her cousin from her maternal family.

Laugh to death.

The heir of the Marquis of Xuanping and his sister Yuan have been so deeply in love lately that they've completely forgotten about the white moonlight in Pear Blossom Lane.

Cheng Yuan had only been in Pei Ji's backyard for a few days when she and Su Mengying had already developed a tacit understanding.

I've seen their eyes, and I don't love either of them...

So the two of them competed for Pei Ji's affections and exchanged sharp glances with the Lady Hou, which actually fooled them.

You might say Pei Ji isn't an old man, so how could Cheng Yuan not love him?

Hehe, this girl only loves herself.

Su Mengying said she really couldn't learn it, as it also requires a lot of talent.

As for Cheng Yuan's share, it all came from public funds. Anyway, the Lady of the Marquis was good at making money, and Su Mengying only needed to say a word.

Aside from being busy making money, Lady Hou devoted all her remaining time and energy to Marquis Xuanping, and thus failed to realize that her niece was not of one mind with her.

In Pear Blossom Lane, Shen Nian felt a little flustered.

But more than anything, she was angry and wanted to go into the mansion. After leaving the brothel, she never thought of going into anyone's backyard.

That horse stumbled way too fast!

Isn't it said that Su Mengying loves Pei Ji so much that she would never arrange to take a concubine?

At least they wouldn't start arranging weddings less than a year after getting married...

Rumors are truly misleading.

But now she's unwilling to change her target.

You can't find many foolish young masters like Pei Ji in the whole city, not counting the ones from the Yong'an Marquis's mansion.

That idiot actually eloped with someone.

Just thinking about it makes me feel suffocated. I wonder how Sister Ruyan is doing.

As expected, when buying pigs, you have to check the pen...

Lady Xuanping, who is devoted to the Marquis and her son, is the kind of woman worth currying favor with.

With Sister Ruyan as a comparison, Shen Nian's mood improved somewhat.

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"Chunping, you know I just..."

Goodness, it's like Chunxiao is bound to a gossip-eating system.

Chunping kept putting food in her hands, picking up a slice of freshly baked honey-glazed steamed bun for her.

In order to have a legitimate reason to eat honey, Xiao Yi went to the mountains in the middle of the night, carried back a beehive, and hung it on a tree in the side courtyard.

The next day, Chunping couldn't wait to find it. She kept half for the two of them to improve their lives, and asked Xiaoyi to help them exchange the rest for money to buy snacks.

Hey.

Xiao Yi is really busy. During the day, he is a servant in the mansion, and at night he goes to run in the mountains.

As for where the beehive on the tree in the mansion came from?

Chunping and Chunxiao covered their ears, indicating that they didn't know.

After the steamed buns were baked, spring screen was topped with pumpkin slices. In ancient times, a day like this would have been a long time.

Chunxiao was young and had no worries; she just pointed at the storybook and talked about it.

"How come this widow only has one husband? What kind of widow is she then!"

"Why did you stop writing when it got dark? What happens after dark...?"

"Full of youthful vigor? How come you're always so full of youthful vigor?"

"How do you pronounce this character? Ugh, it's so hard. I'll write it down and ask my parents when I get home."

In short, I've been busy and fussy.

At noon, she would meet with Dongqing in the kitchen to give her sister some freshly baked bread slices.

Ignoring the stares from the other maids, Dongqing pulled her younger sister aside and noticed that she seemed to have gained weight again.

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